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#21755041 at 2024-10-13 03:13:46 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition

#36 - Part 26
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>21281231 Video'False gods': preaching against our democracy - Radical preachers and extremist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir have attacked Australia's democracy and The Muslim Vote campaign, calling it a "shirk" and an insult to Allah, at sermons in southwest Sydney, the geographical heart of a community-led Muslim political movement. Abu Ousayd, also known as Wissam Haddad, and Hizb ut-Tahrir's Australian branch took to pulpits in Sydney's Canterbury-Bankstown area on Friday to call Muslims in parliament "apostates" and order their followers to boycott elections. They also criticised the Muslim Vote's leadership for its historical deradicalisation efforts and current political participation, with Mr Ousayd signalling he wanted an ?alternative route to power where Muslims could make sharia the dominant form of law in Australia. "The system is always going to fail if it is not Allah's," Mr Ousayd said. "We want to get to a position where Muslims have power (so that) we can implement more of the (way) in sharia."
>>21281263 Paris Olympics 2024: Nine's Olympic staff attacked in Paris during attempted robbery; police investigate alleged gang rape - Two members of Nine's Olympics broadcast team have escaped serious injury after they were attacked during an attempted robbery on the outskirts of Paris on Monday. The pair were walking to their accommodation in the municipality of Le Bourget, north-east of Paris, when a group of people attempted to snatch one of their backpacks late on Monday afternoon, Paris time. The tech workers were allegedly assaulted in the scuffle that ensued but managed to pull themselves to safety. The alleged attack has been reported to the police. Nine, owner of this masthead, has about 200 staff in Paris working on its Olympic Games coverage across television, radio and publishing. The incident, which was confirmed by two sources familiar with the assault who asked not to be named, is the second violent attack against Australians in 48 hours after a woman was allegedly gang-raped in a popular Parisian nightlife district in the early hours of Sunday morning, Paris time. News of the alleged sexual assault prompted security advisers for the Australian Olympic Committee to reiterate their advice to athletes against travelling alone and wearing their Olympic uniforms while out in Paris.
>>21281339 Video: Major Labor backflip as ASIO chief Mike Burgess is reinstated as a permanent member of the National Security Committee less than two years after his removal - Australian spy chief Mike Burgess has been reinstated as a permanent member of the National Security Committee after initially being removed just six months into the Albanese government's first term. Sky News can reveal Labor has backflipped on its decision for the ASIO Director-General to only consult on national security matters on a case-by case-basis, restoring his permanent position. It's understood this change was made only recently and comes amid an explosion in espionage and foreign interference in Australia. The Albanese government was roundly criticized for initially diluting Mr Burgess' contribution to the grouping, which makes decisions on the most urgent and highest risk national security matters, although it never publicly confirmed the change after it was revealed by Sky News host Sharri Markson. A heavily redacted freedom of information request, obtained by Sky News, shows the change happened as early as January of last year.

#21281231 at 2024-07-24 09:42:24 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #37: EVERYTHING IS AT STAKE Edition

'False gods': preaching against our democracy

ALEXI DEMETRIADI - 23 July 2024

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Radical preachers and extremist organisation Hizb ut-Tahrir have attacked Australia's democracy and The Muslim Vote campaign, calling it a "shirk" and an insult to Allah, at sermons in southwest Sydney, the geographical heart of a community-led Muslim political movement.

Abu Ousayd, also known as Wissam Haddad, and Hizb ut-Tahrir's Australian branch took to pulpits in Sydney's Canterbury-Bankstown area on Friday to call Muslims in parliament "apostates" and order their followers to boycott elections.

They also criticised the Muslim Vote's leadership for its historical deradicalisation efforts and current political participation, with Mr Ousayd signalling he wanted an ?alternative route to power where Muslims could make sharia the dominant form of law in Australia.

"The system is always going to fail if it is not Allah's," Mr Ousayd said.

"We want to get to a position where Muslims have power (so that) we can implement more of the (way) in sharia."

Prominent Hizb ut-Tahrir member Wassim Doureihi told his own audience on Friday that it was "not conspiratorial" to suggest that mainstream leaders who led counter-extremist efforts during the height of ISIS - an effort he criticised - were democracy's biggest supporters.

At Hizb ut-Tahrir's headquarters in the electorate of Workplace Relations Minister Tony Burke, Mr Doureihi slammed politicians as "criminals in suits" and called Muslim senator Fatima Payman the "white man's Orientalist fantasy".

"(The senator's) experience has shown us that engaging in the political process is not an option for (the community)," he said, claiming Muslims would be at an "inevitable loss" if they took part.

Hizb ut-Tahrir is recognised as a terrorist organisation in Britain and Germany, although the Albanese government has resisted calls to do the same in Australia.

It comes amid - and stands in contrast to - The Muslim Vote, a community campaign spearheaded by respected Sheik Wesam Charkawi to oust Labor ministers across southwest Sydney and elect pro-Palestine independent candidates.

Senator Payman is not associated with any group or political ?alliance, including The Muslim Vote, and has previously said she would be an independent voice for Western Australia as a crossbencher after abandoning Labor over Palestine.

The Australian revealed how the Muslim Vote campaign had struggled to cement candidates it would endorse in target seats, but last week it ran two volunteer workshops, telling supporters that after a year of preparation it was "ready to launch".

The Muslim Vote has electorally targeted Blaxland and Watson, held by Education Minister Jason Clare and Mr Burke respectively.

It is within those two electorates where Mr Ousayd and Mr Doureihi urged their separate congregations to shun the Muslim Vote and ballot box, but whose anti-democratic calls have since been condemned.

Mr Burke said Mr Ousayd's al-Madina Dawah and Hizb ut-Tahrir were "fringe" and most of the electorate wouldn't know of, hear or respond to their words.

"Australia is a strong democracy and that's a good thing ... Attempts to undermine our democracy stand condemned," he said.

Mr Clare has previously criticised the "hateful" rhetoric of Mr Ousayd, who told his Blaxland electorate audience sharia was "perfect in every way" while tricksters peddled democracy.

"Every four years they come to us with a new magic trick to convince you to take part in the shirk of democracy," Mr Ousayd said.

(Shirk is sin in the Islamic faith, broadly meaning polytheism.)

"Sharia (law) is the greatest ... there is no need for it to be changed or compromised."

Although the al-Madina Dawah Centre and Hizb ut-Tahrir are not linked, one of the organisations' regular speakers, preacher Mohammed Trad, joined the anti-democratic chorus, calling democracy "an illusion" and voting "delusional".

He is not the same person as a leader of the same name who works for the Australian Federation of Islamic Councils.

On Friday, Mr Ousayd - who has boasted of his friendship with men who fought for ISIS - said democracy "opposed Allah".

"If (a Muslim) enters parliament and is sworn in ... they ?become apostates," he said.

"Prime ministers are false gods ... (we should) not join and not vote."

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#20955138 at 2024-06-02 10:32:17 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition

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No investigation into terror-praising preacher after bishop stabbing comments

ALEXI DEMETRIADI - JUNE 2, 2024

A terror-praising Sydney preacher who applauded a teen for "standing up for prophet Mohammed" when he allegedly stabbed Assyrian Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel will not be investigated by police, as political leaders said authorities have "to get serious" on hate speech.

The Australian can reveal that a southwest Sydney cleric known only as "Brother Ismail" made the intervention on the alleged stabbing to a packed crowd at the Al Madina Dawah Centre in late May.

But that praise does not fall foul of commonwealth legislation outlawing "praising" a terrorist act, with state police confirming it would not investigate the cleric.

"These are our red lines and insults from a man (Bishop Emmanuel) followed by billions ... it's not a good idea, and this was the outcome and consequences," the preacher said, referring to the Wakeley alleged terror incident on April 15.

"That kid, in his actions, stood up and defended the honour of Mohammed ..."

A boy, 16, was charged with committing a terror offence after allegedly stabbing Bishop Emmanuel, who sustained, but recovered from, multiple injuries.

Police later launched raids to break up what they alleged was a teen terror cell, with six boys arrested and charged.

The sermon, posted to an online video platform, also appears to cut as Brother Ismail continues criticising the bishop and he lashed mainstream Islamic leaders for urging social cohesion in the wake of the attack.

"(Mainstream leaders) said 'we don't know him (the teenager), this was against Islam and is not the approach of Islam'," he continued.

"Other (mainstream leaders) said they were praying for the bishop's recovery. What kind of leadership is that? They (the bishop) stepped on our team and red lines, and yet our leadership did nothing about it."

The cleric won't be investigated for possible breaches of section 80.2C (1) in the criminal code, which outlaws a person "praising" a terrorist act, "in circumstances where there is a risk that such praise might have the effect" of motivating a person to commit another.

Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson said police and prosecutors "have got to get serious".

"Open praise for alleged terror attacks must result in investigation, charges and prosecution," the senator said.

"Right now our laws are being openly defied and mocked. Inaction and weakness will only lead to more tragedy."

A NSW Police spokesman said: "the force has sought legal advice and it has been determined that the comments in question do not meet the (criminality) threshold".

The Australian Federal Police had no comment.

It is the same preacher who, in November, warned of "security risks" if the Muslim community were pushed and that Muslims were "looking forward to joining the mujahideen", and comes as both the federal and state governments separately looked at strengthening "ineffective" hate-speech laws.

Brother Ismail is a regular speaker at Bankstown's Al Madina Dawah Centre, run by Abu Ousayd, who is also known as Wissam Haddad.

The country's peak Jewish body has lodged vilification complaints against the centre and Mr Ousayd at the Australian Human Rights Commission, who has given a raft of incendiary and anti-Semitic sermons since October 7.

It comes as the federal government prepared to legislate stronger hate-speech provisions, possibly expanding the breadth of criminality and introducing new penalties. A NSW government review into its own "inoperable" hate-speech provisions, instigated in January, is expected to reveal its recommendations soon.

The Al Madina Dawah Centre was contacted for comment.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/no-investigation-into-terrorpraising-cleric-after-bishop-stabbing-comments/news-story/9f1a335eaabf127e6f226029c41fe525

https://rumble.com/v4whj8b-the-reality-of-our-leaders-firday-khutbah-brother-ismail.html

#20886294 at 2024-05-19 08:22:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition

#35 - Part 29
Australian Politics and Society - Part 21
>>20751856 Australia will work with Trump if that's the card we're dealt: Treasurer - Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers insists Australia's relationship with the US will remain strong if Donald Trump is re-elected, saying Canberra will "play the cards that we're dealt" after the US presidential election in November. He is yet to meet any members of Trump's team, but asked how he might be preparing for a potential change of administration, Chalmers replied: "We play the cards that we're dealt in Australia. The Americans choose their own presidents and leaders, and that's obviously appropriate. "But we are confident that in either scenario, we'll continue to be well-represented and we'll continue to have our interest recognised here in the US because we're such close friends." Concerns about the future of Australia's relationship with its most important security partner emerged last month after Trump hit out at former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd, now the nation's ambassador to the US, describing him as "nasty" and "not the brightest bulb".
>>20755608 Meet the first astronaut to represent Australia: Katherine Bennell-Pegg - A small number of Australians have trained as astronauts and gone to space, representing the US and other nations. But on Monday, Katherine Bennell-Pegg will become the first ever Australian-badged astronaut. She has already received the congratulations of Dr Andy Thomas, the first Australian-born NASA Mission Specialist, who told her she was "ready to make the next giant leap" and "boldly go where no Australian woman has gone before". Once a certified astronaut, she is eligible for missions to the International Space Station or further to Artemis.
>>20755622 'Lost for words': Joe Biden's tale about cannibals bemuses Papua New Guinea residents - Joe Biden's suggestion that his uncle may have been eaten by cannibals in Papua New Guinea during world war two has been met with a mixture of bemusement and criticism in the country. Biden spoke about his uncle, 2nd Lt Ambrose J Finnegan Jr, while campaigning in Pittsburgh on Wednesday, describing how "Uncle Bosie" had flown single engine planes as reconnaissance flights during the war. Biden said he "got shot down in New Guinea", adding "they never found the body because there used to be a lot of cannibals, for real, in that part of New Guinea." Official war records say Finnegan was killed when a plane on which he was a passenger experienced engine failure and crashed into the Pacific Ocean. The records do not mention cannibalism or state that the plane was shot down.

>>20759583 Nation unites in gratitude for hero of Bondi Junction Amy Scott at candlelight vigil - A heroic police officer has been embraced by a grateful nation as the Prime Minister joined a beachside vigil to remember those lost in the Bondi Junction killings. Inspector Amy Scott, who shot Joel Cauchi dead after he killed six people, was on Sunday again the person everyone turned to - a beacon of light and bravery on a night filled with sorrow and pain. The police officer was ?approached by tear-stricken mourners and colleagues relieved she could join them as the sun went down over Bondi Beach. Inspector Scott was composed and gracious as she was greeted by wellwishers and the grieving.
>>20759602 Video: Don't blame me for Bishop Mar Mari Emmanuel terror attack, says radical Sydney preacher Abu Ousayd - One of the nation's most radical Islamic preachers has said "don't blame me" for the stabbing of an Assyrian Christian bishop in an alleged terrorist incident but claims the bishop hates Islam and speaks against the prophet Mohammad. Abu Ousayd, also known as Wissam Haddad, used an online sermon on Friday to claim he and his Al Madina Dawah Centre have been blamed by mainstream Islamic leaders and the community for last Monday's terror incident. "You want to push hate on to us for no reason, with allegations that have no proof," Mr Ousayd said. "Because you have a personal agenda against us."
>>20759620 Video: Government accuses 'narcissist' billionaire Musk of acting above the law - The Australian government has savaged Elon Musk as an egotist and narcissist, as the online safety watchdog prepares to fight social media giant X over its refusal to remove videos of the western Sydney church stabbing. The billionaire's comparison of eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant to a communist regime censor has fuelled bipartisan attacks on Musk by senior politicians accusing him of acting above the law. Inman Grant has signalled she will fight Musk in court over the X owner's refusal to comply with the regulator's take-down order, which the company described as "unlawful and dangerous".

#20886253 at 2024-05-19 08:11:27 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition

#35 - Part 2
Israel / Hamas Conflict - The Australian Perspective - Part 2
>>20665416 Video: 'Selfless, outstanding' Australian aid worker killed in airstrike in central Gaza - The family of an Australian citizen killed in an airstrike in Gaza has described the humanitarian aid worker as "an outstanding human being" driven by kindness and selflessness. Melbourne-born Lalzawmi "Zomi" Frankcom, along with three other international aid workers and a Palestinian driver, was killed in Central Gaza while working with the World Central Kitchen (WCK) charity. Video footage posted to social media showed the bodies of the five dead at Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in the central Gaza town of Deir al-Balah. Staff showed the British, Australian and Polish passports of three of the dead. All of the workers killed were wearing protective gear with the charity's logo on it.
>>20665443 Australian World Central Kitchen aid worker Zomi Frankcom killed by apparent Israeli air strike in Gaza - Australian aid worker Zomi Frankcom has been killed in what Palestinian officials say was an Israeli air strike on central Gaza. Charity organisation World Central Kitchen (WCK) said seven of its international aid workers were killed by the strike while helping to deliver food and other supplies to northern Gaza. The charity said the team were travelling in a "deconflicted zone" in two armoured cars branded with the WCK logo despite coordinating movements with the Israeli Defense Forces. WCK said the seven killed were from Australia, Poland, the United Kingdom, a dual United States-Canadian citizen and Palestine. The organisation said it had ordered an immediate pause on its operations, as Israeli forces carry out an "in-depth examination to understand the circumstances of this tragic incident".
>>20665454 Radical preacher Abu Ousayd's 'Dawah Van' charity takes to Sydney streets - A high-profile Sydney preacher who urged people to spit on Israel so "Jews would drown" and gave a series of anti-Semitic sermons runs a registered charity called the Dawah Van that he and other leaders from his centre use as a vehicle to convert young Australians and tourists to Islam. Abu Ousayd, also known as Wissam Haddad, is one of five board members of The Dawah Van Incorporated, the charitable arm of his Al Madina Dawah Centre. The Dawah Van's social media pages, including Meta's Facebook and Instagram, which has come under fire for not doing enough to clamp down on hate speech - show Mr Ousayd, Mr Ye, and other volunteers outside Sydney's Town Hall preaching predominantly to young men, or tourists and expats.

>>20671014 Video: PM Albanese demanding explanation from Israel PM after aid work's death - Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is demanding an explanation from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu after the Israel Defence Forces took responsibility for an airstrike that killed seven people, including Australian aid worker "Zomi" Frankcom. - 9 News Australia
>>20671024 No action against Sydney hate preacher Abu Ousayd after latest 'met by death' sermon - Police have said it is unable to lay charges against a radical Sydney cleric who warned of violence and "men who love death" if Islam was attacked, saying legal advice had determined that the threats didn't constitute a criminal offence. On Wednesday, NSW Police confirmed that a Friday sermon by Bankstown-based cleric Abu Ousayd, also known as Wissam Haddad, that promised "humiliation" and "men who love death" if Allah was attacked did not breach state hate-speech provisions.
>>20686521 'Inexcusable': Angry Australia condemns aid worker killings, Israel suspends two officers - The Israeli military has dismissed two army officers who were involved in the operation that killed Australian Zomi Frankcom and six fellow aid workers after an investigation found the deadly strikes were a serious violation of its operating procedures. The snap probe has failed to quell the anger of the Albanese government, which is demanding assurances that evidence be preserved and calling for Israel to be prepared to change their targeting practices in the war. "The information Israel has provided on its investigation hasn't yet satisfied our expectations," Wong said.

#20886251 at 2024-05-19 08:11:03 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #36: BADGE OF HONOR Edition

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#35 - Part 1
Israel / Hamas Conflict - The Australian Perspective - Part 1
>>20550335 Jewish leaders back US's 'floating pier' Gaza aid plan, amid calls to fund UNRWA - Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-chief executive Peter Wertheim has urged Labor to support the United States' plan to build a "temporary floating pier" in Gaza to deliver aid, rather than restore funding to the UN's aid agency. Mr Wertheim said the Jewish community supported the provision of aid to civilians in Gaza who were in desperate need but remained "totally opposed" to using the United Nations Relief and Works Agency to deliver that aid.
>>20550344 Vietnam War memorial in Canberra defaced with Gaza message - The RSL National President Greg Melick has condemned pro-Palestine activists who vandalised the Australian Vietnam Forces National Memorial in Canberra by spray-painting slogans on the monument describing Israel as a "colony" and warning of "genocide" in Gaza. The protestors vandalised the memorial on Anzac Parade overnight on Sunday in a protest to highlight the situation in Gaza, with Mr Melick describing their actions as "contemptible" and Opposition veterans' affairs spokesman Barnaby Joyce warning they had undermined their own cause.
>>20555418 Video: Wong backs Biden, urges Israel to 'change course' - Foreign Minister Penny Wong has warned that Israel will lose further support from its traditional allies if it proceeds with further ground attacks in the Gaza Strip, backing similar remarks from US President Joe Biden at the weekend. "Unless Israel changes its course, it will continue to lose support," Ms Wong said at The Australian Financial Review Business Summit in Sydney

>>20570374 Australia to resume funding for UN aid agency - Australia will restore a $6 million funding pledge to the peak United Nations body that helps the Palestinian people in Gaza after a seven-week suspension due to claims that some of the agency's staff took part in the Hamas terrorist attack on Israeli civilians last October. Foreign Minister Penny Wong said the funding would be released under "stringent conditions" in a new agreement with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency with tougher controls to ensure staff neutrality in the conflict between Hamas and Israel. "The best available current advice from agencies and the Australian government lawyers is that UNRWA is not a terrorist organisation, and that existing and additional safeguards sufficiently protect Australian taxpayer funding," she said.
>>20580396 'We are delighted': Government backflips on cancelled Gaza visas - Several Palestinians fleeing the war in Gaza who were devastated after their visas were cancelled while en route to Australia have again been granted permission to travel to the country, a move that has thrilled advocates in Australia. The Home Affairs Department had told applicants their visas had been cancelled because it believed they may wish to stay in Australia when their visas run out.
>>20617439 Australia out of step with US on UNRWA funding - The Albanese government has slipped further out of step with the US on Gaza after the Biden administration slapped a one year ban on support for UNRWA, just over a week after Australia resumed funding the Palestinian aid agency. Australian Jewish groups said the US move - in a bill to avert a partial government shutdown - should mark the beginning of the end for the "corrupt, inept" organisation whose employees have been accused of participating in Hamas' October 7 attack on Israel.
>>20628581 Jewish leaders file vilification complaints to AHRC against Sydney clerics - The country's peak Jewish body has formally lodged vilification complaints with Australia's human rights body against two Sydney Muslim clerics, after they gave sermons that described Jews as "monsters", "rats", "bloodthirsty" and "vile". The sermons also included parables about killing Jews and how if people "spat" on Israel "the Jews would drown", among anti-Semitic tropes about them having "hands everywhere in business" and "owning the majority of banks". The Australian can reveal the Executive Council of Australian Jewry has lodged vilification complaints to the Australian Human Rights Commission against cleric Abu Ousayd, also known as Wissam Haddad, and sheik Ahmed Zoud, for a December sermon at southwest Sydney's As-Sunnah Mosque.

#20545509 at 2024-03-10 08:17:18 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition

#34 - Part 2
Israel / Hamas Conflict - The Australian Perspective - Part 2
>>20136736 Australian man, his wife and brother killed in Lebanon after building hit by air strike, family says - Ibrahim and Ali Bazzi died in air strikes on the town of Bint Jbeil in Lebanon overnight. Ibrahim Bazzi, 27, travelled from Sydney to Bint Jbeil to visit his wife Shorouk Hammoud, who recently acquired an Australian visa. The couple were planning on starting their new life in Australia, according to relatives.
>>20136757 Australian Museum to amend 'Palestine' display after complaints about Egypt exhibition - The Australian Museum is pulling down and rewording a display at a new Ancient Egypt exhibition after the Australian Jewish Association (AJA) complained about the use of the placename "Palestine".
>>20141880 Australian killed in Lebanon was Hezbollah fighter, terror group says - Terrorist organisation Hezbollah has said one of two Australian men killed while in a southern Lebanese town was one of its fighters, with a ceremonial funeral taking place overnight as he "rose as a martyr".
>>20141899 Military-style funeral held for Australian 'Hezbollah fighter' killed by Israeli air strike in Lebanon - A military-style funeral has been held for an Australian man claimed to be a fighter with militant group Hezbollah, a day after he, his brother and sister-in-law were killed in an Israeli air strike.
>>20141913 Mark Dreyfus yet to confirm killed Australian's Hezbollah links - Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus is unable to say whether Australia was aware one of two Australian brothers killed by an Israeli air strike in Lebanon may have had links to Hezbollah before the proscribed terrorist organisation claimed him as one of their own.
>>20141940 Australians should leave Lebanon now after two citizens killed, federal government warns - Australians in Lebanon should leave the country as soon as possible, warned acting Foreign Minister Mark Dreyfus, following confirmation that two citizens were killed in an Israeli airstrike.
>>20141959 Lebanon airstrike: Albanese government raises deaths of two Australians with Israel - The acting foreign minister, Mark Dreyfus, confirmed two Australians died in the Israeli airstrike in al-Dawra neighbourhood in the town of Bint Jbeil, and said the Albanese government had been in "communication" with Israel after the deaths.

>>20141981 Carols by Candlelight protester may have had help on inside - Arts Centre Melbourne, police and the main sponsors have begun talks to determine what went wrong with the security on the night of the raid and how the activists were able to turn the event into a national embarrassment.
>>20142046 Aussie killed by Israeli strike 'had no links with Hezbollah', friends say - Close friends of an Australian man killed in an Israeli airstrike alongside his brother, who was claimed as a martyr by Hezbollah, have rushed to defend him after his coffin was draped in the flag of the terror organisation.
>>20142058 Hezbollah and Israel: Security agencies on martyr alert at home - Intelligence agencies are ramping up efforts to prevent local violent attacks inspired by the Middle East conflict, after an Australian man killed in Lebanon by an Israeli air strike was claimed to be a fighter and martyr for Hezbollah and given a military funeral by the terror group.
>>20147535 Hezbollah claims rocket attack retribution for 'martyred' Australians - Hezbollah has claimed a missile attack on an Israeli village was retribution for an airstrike that killed Australian brothers, Ali and Ibrahim Bazzi, and Ibrahim's wife Shorouq Hammoud, among others.
>>20147601 Sydney Imam: Labor should have condemned 'heinous Israeli crime' that killed two Australian citizens - Imam of Masjid Arrahman in Kingsgrove, Sheik Youssef Nabha says terrorist group Hezbollah should not be condemned for attacking Israel and Labor should demand Australian-Israelis leave the Jewish homeland,
>>20152517 Video: Radical groups sharing anti-Jewish handbook - Radical groups in Australia are circulating and sharing guides for anti-Israel activists, unionists and educators to sabotage and vandalise property and evade police by using encrypted communications.
>>20163221 Revealed: How anti-Jewish activists plot to stop Israeli cargo - Radical anti-Israel activists targeting Jewish interests have ?obtained a sophisticated strategy developed in the US for tracking and blockading boats and engaging unions and the trucking ?industry, to stifle the shipping company ZIM.
>>20163322 Video: Radical Sydney cleric labels Australia's New Year's Eve celebrations a 'celebration of foreskin' - On the eve of Sydney's biggest fireworks displays in recent years, cleric Abu Ousayd - also known as Wissam Haddad - gave an incendiary sermon at Bankstown's Al Madina Dawah Centre on Friday, slamming the celebrations and claiming that in Judaic tradition the event was instead a "day of circumcision".

#20266776 at 2024-01-19 13:48:31 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition

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The terms of reference are being developed with Mr Bathurst, the NSW Law Reform Commission chair, but the review would look at other jurisdictions, like the UK.

In British legislation, threatening, abusive or insulting words against a person or group are outlawed, with more severe penalties if an offence is racially or religiously aggravated. Inciting hatred based on race or religion is also unlawful.

Mr Bathurst led an inquiry into the convictions of Kathleen Folbigg, which in December overturned her convictions of killing her four children.

Acting NSW Attorney-General Ron Hoenig, a former barrister, said the review was a step to "strengthen" the legal framework and "promote social cohesion", noting anti-vilification provisions already in place, like the Anti-Discrimination Board.

"But if there is more to be done, we will do it - because we are committed to protecting our harmonious, multicultural community," he said.

The sermons, revealed by this publication, involved five different clerics across three religious centres.

Last year, at Bankstown's Al Madina Dawah Centre, "Brother Ismail" called jihad the "solution", "Brother Muhammad" said that a Muslim army was the "final solution", and Abu Ousayd - also known as Wissam Haddad - encouraged people to spit on Israel so "Jews would drown".

In January, at As-Sunnah Mosque, sheikh Ahmed Zoud called Jews "thirsty for bloodshed" and that they ran like "rats" from the mujahideen.

On Tuesday, The Australian revealed that sheikh Kamal Abu Mariam of Roselands Mosque prayed to Allah in Arabic to "kill them one by one... and don't keep any (one) of them", referring to "(usurping) Zionist Jews".

The sheikh also said that those who "do not fight for the cause of Allah, nor speak within himself about fighting the cause... die on a branch of hypocrisy".

NSW Police previously said that it couldn't pursue inquiries into the rhetoric of Brother Ismail, Mr Ousayd, sheikh Zoud and sheikh Abu Mariam, given the sermons hadn't breached criminal provisions.

NSW Jewish Board of Deputies president David Ossip, who is also on the government's advisory Faith Affairs Council, said his community "wholeheartedly" welcomed the review.

"There's clearly an issue that needs to be addressed given that the criminal law has proven unable to deal with hate preachers who have called for the murder of a whole group of Australians based on their race or religion," he said.

"Hate speech against one group is a threat to society as a whole - it undermines the cohesion and harmony we all treasure."

A probe into the law's effectiveness is also supported by NSW leaders of all faiths.

Draft minutes from the Faith Council's November meeting showed that all 19 members "unanimously agreed" the threshold of 93Z was "inappropriate" and that the government should explore "revising" it, given the difficulty to prosecute under the act.

Members included leaders from the Islamic faith, including a representative from the Australian National Imams Council, the council's chair Michael Stead, of the Anglican faith, and Hindu, Catholic and Sikh leaders, among others.

The review follows the Executive Council of Australian Jewry announcing it would take legal steps against some of the clerics, via the Australian Human Rights Commission.

The government in November "streamlined" 93Z to allow police to lay charges without seeking approval from the Director of Public Prosecutions.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/clerics-trigger-hate-speech-probe-by-nsw-premier-chris-minns/news-story/8dddae7df2c01bf788031516a104fafb

#20187579 at 2024-01-05 15:58:29 (UTC+1)
Q Research AUSTRALIA #34: UNITED AGAINST THE INVISIBLE ENEMY OF ALL HUMANITY Edition

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Mr Burke's move to call out the clerics and urge for stronger criminal provisions was welcomed by the country's peak Jewish body.

"The minister's comments condemning Ahmed Zoud's racist sermon are welcome," Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Peter Wertheim said.

"There are multiple ethnic and faith communities in Australia, and there's no room for hate?mongering by any community against any other."

He said it was on governments to take "decisive action" to stop anyone seeking to "set Australian against Australian".

"It shouldn't be left to vulnerable individuals to have to fend for themselves," he said.

A well-placed legal source said that, "in simple terms", NSW did not have "anywhere near strong enough provisions" against hatred-incitement, pointing to WA's criminal code that outlawed "racial-hatred incitement", as opposed to just "violence".

Opposition home affairs spokesman James Paterson asked what it would take for the government to act.

"I wonder what it will take, how overt the incitement has to be before our governments use the extensive anti-vilification, anti-incitement, anti-harassment laws that have been passed, which were put in place with exactly these scenarios in mind," he said.

The Australian revealed similar sermons at the Al Madina Dawah Centre, which were condemned by Education Minister Jason Clare - the centre sits in his electorate - who said "there's no place for hate in Australia".

In those sermons, clerics Mr Ousayd - also known as Wissam Haddad - and "Brother Ismail" called for jihad, recited parables about killing Jews, and encouraged people to spit on Israel so "Jews would drown".

Police made inquiries but found the comments didn't reach the criminality threshold.

Another cleric at the centre, "Brother Muhammed", called for the establishment of an Islamic army to fight the West, calling it the "final solution".

In NSW, section 93z of the crimes act outlaws public incitement of violence on the basis of race or religion, although the threshold is high and scope narrow.

A spokesman for the NSW Labor government said that it was "always prepared" to improve laws, and that the state's anti-discrimination legislation was subject to a review by the Law Reform Commission.

https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/sheik-ahmed-zouds-hate-rants-must-stop-says-tony-burke/news-story/9dc6cb6bb55eb3acce77013118cc9cbc

#20163322 at 2024-01-01 10:02:26 (UTC+1)
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>>20098506
>>20098526
Radical Sydney cleric labels Australia's New Year's Eve celebrations a 'celebration of foreskin'

ALEXI DEMETRIADI - JANUARY 1, 2024

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Australia's peak Jewish body has slammed the anti-Semitism and "stupidity" of a radical cleric's latest incendiary sermon, in which he said Israelis were "descendants of pigs and monkeys" and called New Year's Eve festivities a "celebration of foreskin".

It comes as a cleric known as "Brother Ismail", who previously called for jihad, revealed that ASIO and counter-terrorism squads visited him before dropping their probes, as he criticised Islamic leaders for not standing up for him.

On the eve of Sydney's biggest fireworks displays in recent years, cleric Abu Ousayd - also known as Wissam Haddad - gave an incendiary sermon at Bankstown's Al Madina Dawah Centre on Friday, slamming the celebrations and claiming that in Judaic tradition the event was instead a "day of circumcision".

"In essence, and I'm sorry to say this, you are celebrating (on New Year's Eve) a piece of foreskin," Mr Ousayd said.

"How low can the Muslim community stoop that we are celebrating a piece of flesh that is cut and thrown away."

This publication revealed in November how Mr Ousayd was actually radical Islamic cleric Wissam Haddad, who had boasted about his friendship with men such as Khaled Sharrouf and Mohamed Elomar, who went on to commit atrocities in Syria.

It followed this masthead revealing the incendiary sermons by both Mr Ousayd and Brother Ismail, and how their contents were the subject of both federal and state police investigations, both of which were later dropped.

"Muslims should not celebrate or get involved in New Year's Eve," Mr Ousayd said in his Friday sermon.

"Flocking to watch the fireworks, staying up until midnight in the city.

"The kuffar (non-believers or faithless in Arabic) on New Year's Eve turn and kiss each other at midnight ... keep away from them."

Mr Ousayd said New Year's traditions had been invented by the Chinese, to ward off evil spirits, and urged Muslims to reject them as "paganism" and not "stand shoulder to shoulder with unbelievers".

"The Chinese are the first to come up with fireworks to scare off evil demons … another pagan origin," Mr Ousayd said, who added that Israelis and Jews were "descendants of pigs and monkeys".

"Let us not forget what has been happening to our brothers and sisters (in Palestine)," Mr Ousayd said.

"These (Israelis and Jews) descendants of pigs and monkeys are stealing the organs of our brothers and sisters."

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#20098506 at 2023-12-19 10:24:43 (UTC+1)
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>>20087601 (pb)
Political, Jewish leaders: Radical cleric inaction gives 'green light' to incendiary 'final solution' sermon

ALEXI DEMETRIADI - DECEMBER 19, 2023

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Political and Jewish leaders have said inaction on incendiary sermons delivered at a Sydney Islamic centre has given radical clerics a "green light" as another preacher called for a Muslim army, describing it as "the final solution", a term explicitly linked to Nazism and the Holocaust.

The Australian revealed on Sunday how a cleric known as "Brother Muhammad" gave the sermon at Bankstown's Al Madina Dawah Centre - itself the subject of two police investigations now dropped - that called for a Muslim army and an Islamic state with sharia law, and wrongly accused Israel of using AI to target children.

Jewish leaders said "Australia's tolerance of intolerance" was reaching its limits.

"Brother Muhammad is the latest self-described Islamic preacher to spew hatred against Jews," Executive Council of Australian Jewry co-CEO Peter Wertheim said.

"In the wake of Hamas's genocidal atrocities, he has adopted the expression 'the final solution' against the world's only Jewish state, an expression made infamous by Nazi Germany as a euphemism for the genocide of the Jewish people."

The Australian previously revealed how police had dropped investigations into hate-fuelled sermons at the centre by cleric Abu Ousayd - also known as Wissam Haddad - and "Brother Ismail", which included calls for jihad, parables that said "kill Jews" and that if Islamic nations "spat on Israel the Jews would drown". The police involved said each case had not breached the criminality threshold.

"Previous anti-Jewish rants by other Muslim preachers went unpunished, and now we see the consequences - Australia's tolerance of intolerance must surely be reaching its limits," Mr Wertheim said.

He contrasted Brother Muhammad's use of the term with former senator Fraser Anning saying "the final solution to the immigration problem is a popular vote", referring to Muslim immigrants, for which he was criticised.

"Brother Muhammad has used that identical expression in a manner that is even more directly reminiscent of Nazi ideas and practices," Mr Wertheim said.

"Yet the same parties that screamed their disapproval of Mr Anning have been silent about this latest incident. Their hypocrisy and double standards could not be more obvious."

(continued)

#20092821 at 2023-12-18 09:50:55 (UTC+1)
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#33 - Part 11
Australian Politics and Society - Part 4
>>19913727 Wissam Haddad doubles down on sermons and spruiks Holocaust comparison
>>19913769 High Court decision: Clare O'Neil says some freed detainees committed 'disgusting crimes' and hurt people still living in Australia
>>19924983 Far-right threats against Lidia Thorpe force her to live out of home for months and spark a major security review, keeping the firebrand MP away from parliament
>>19924986 Air Marshal Darren Goldie recalled from his secondment as Government Cyber Security Co-ordinator over workplace complaint 'related to his time in Defence'
>>19924988 Australian warship commander removed following alcohol incident - "A commanding officer of an Australian warship has been removed from his position while an inquiry begins into alleged "unacceptable behaviour" involving alcohol, which is prohibited when Navy personnel are at sea. Defence has confirmed the senior officer is no longer in command of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) vessel but is not releasing any other details about the matter due to privacy obligations. "There is no place for unacceptable behaviour or conduct within Defence," a defence spokesperson told the ABC in response to a series of questions. "All allegations of unacceptable behaviour are taken very seriously and investigated thoroughly following due process," the spokesperson added. Military sources say the captain is being investigated over allegations of "heavy drinking" while at sea, as well as an incident at an international event that caused "embarrassment" in front of United States Navy counterparts." - Andrew Greene - abc.net.au
>>19924989 Trial of military whistleblower David McBride, who leaked secret allegations of Australian war crimes, begins
>>19925015 Video: International crime syndicate dismantled by NSW Police in large-scale operation - Strike Force Tromperie was created by NSW Police's State Crime Command to target an underworld network from Lebanon, with the assistance of Australian Border Force.

>>19931450 Indefinite immigration detention ruled unlawful in landmark Australian high court decision - Indefinite immigration detention is unlawful, the high court has held, in a landmark decision overturning a 20-year-old precedent. The result overturns the case of Al-Kateb, which had authorised indefinite detention of non-citizens without a valid visa even in circumstances where it is impossible to deport the individual - The decision could trigger immediate release of 92 people, with detention of 340 others also in doubt.
>>19931318 Labor capitulates to Peter Dutton's demands for urgent and far-reaching controls over criminals released from immigration detention following a High Court ruling, acknowledging serious community fears over those set free
>>19931479 Dutton pushes for more laws to re-detain those released by High Court ruling
>>19931514 Bikie gangs, violent sexual offences: Crimes of dozens of detainees revealed - Twenty-seven of the foreigners whose indefinite detention was quashed by a landmark High Court decision are cases that have been referred to immigration ministers over several years under the category of "very serious violent offences, very serious crimes against children, very serious family or domestic violence or violent, sexual or exploitative offences".
>>19931551 Video: Military lawyer David McBride pleads guilty to unlawfully sharing secret allegations of Australian war crimes
>>19936337 United States appeals legal liability after marine burned by exploding barbecue in Darwin - The US government has gone to the Supreme Court of Appeal arguing it cannot be sued over an explosion at a Darwin army base that left a marine seriously injured.
>>19936398 'Where is the human right for the victim's family?' A father's anguish as killer walks free - It took a full week for Shaariibuu Setev to be told that the Malaysian hit man who murdered his daughter Altantuya had been released from Villawood Detention Centre on the orders of the Australian High Court and was now a free man.
>>19936502 Released detainees to wear ankle bracelets indefinitely, as lawyers condemn 'disproportionate' response

#20092812 at 2023-12-18 09:47:46 (UTC+1)
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#33 - Part 9
Australian Politics and Society - Part 2
>>19880100 Video: Major Optus outage affects millions of customers
>>19880153 Australian Defence Force renames drones as it weeds out gender-specific language
>>19880192 Video: 'Kill Jews' hate preacher Wissam Haddad (Abu Ousayd) unmasked as Islamic State backer
>>19880211 Tech giant Meta is under fire for repartnering with RMIT FactLab despite complaints about its bias
>>19880247 Video: Former young Liberal turned neo-Nazi Stefan Eracleous accused of making violent Lidia Thorpe video
>>19885915 AFP refer hate-fuelled Al Madina Dawah sermon to terror squad
>>19885961 Pacific Islands Forum: Leaders to push Anthony Albanese for greater climate action
>>19885977 Anthony Albanese wages climate change offensive as Pacific leaders make fossil fuel demands during COP31 bid
>>19885997 Video: Cate Blanchett slams Australia in speech to the European Union
>>19886003 Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth by-passing Northern Territory leaders on Indigenous affairs

>>19886006 NSW Local Government Minister Ron Hoenig suspends Canada Bay mayor Angelo Tsirekas after state watchdog finds he engaged in "serious corrupt conduct"
>>19886046 Rapist's release after High Court decision triggers Senate debate - A Rohingya man convicted of raping a 10-year-old boy has been released on strict visa conditions after winning a High Court legal battle against the Commonwealth to overturn a 20-year-old legal precedent that could prompt the release of more than 90 people the government cannot deport. Immigration Minister Andrew Giles said the government would do everything possible to ensure community safety but couldn't act without the advice of the Solicitor General, who warned the High Court on Wednesday that the cohort featured convicted murderers, sex offenders and people smugglers. Giles said the government had given "quite some thought" to the outcome of the case but declined to outline any solutions, including legislation or special visas, after the Coalition called for an urgent, legislative fix. "The High Court has just handed down a decision which has substantially changed the operation of the law insofar as it relates to immigration detention," he said. "In order to ensure community safety for those who are affected by this, many of whom have committed serious criminal offences, we need to make sure that our response is consistent with the law as set out by the High Court yesterday."
>>19892466 Video: Anthony Albanese trips the light Pacific during delicate diplomatic dance
>>19892474 Anthony Albanese gets down for island fling over climate but declines Treaty of Rarotonga tango
>>19892511 Video: Anthony Albanese offers Tuvalu residents the right to resettle in Australia, as climate change 'threatens its existence'
>>19892530 Australia offers Tuvalu residents special visa in 'groundbreaking' treaty
>>19895452 Video: Australians to pause and reflect this Remembrance Day - Across the nation tomorrow, Australians will mark Remembrance Day with moments of silence and solemn ceremonies for those who died in war and in service of our country. - 9 News Australia
>>19895471 Video: Australians pay their respects on Remembrance Day - Australians are paying their respects today as the nation marks Remembrance Day. The sails of the Opera House were illuminated on Saturday morning with poppies to mark 105 years since the end of World War I. More than 100,000 Australians died in conflict and peacekeeping operations during the four-year battle. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will attend a service at Sydney's Martin Place later today, alongside New South Wales Premier Chris Minns. Meanwhile, Veterans' Affairs Minister Matt Keogh will spend Armistice Day in the UK with Australian soldiers training Ukrainian armed forces. - Sky News Australia
>>19895488 Video: Remembrance Day 2023 - This Remembrance Day, join the world in honouring those who gave their lives in service. Saturday 11 November 2023 marks the anniversary of the Armistice that ended fighting with Germany in World War I. Every year at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, millions around the globe pause in silence to remember the sacrifices many have made so we can enjoy life today. Attend a service, wear a poppy, or observe a minute's silence at 11am, and help keep the legacy of our service people alive. Lest we forget. - RSL Queensland
>>19895531 Australian War Memorial Tweet: Between 1914 - 18 Australia sent 414,000 of their citizens to face the horrors of modern industrialized war. By 1918, almost 62,000 Australians lay dead among the mud and destruction of the trenches in Europe, the sands of Sinai, Palestine and Syria. Lest We Forget.